Chapter 5: Psychopharmacology

5.6: Discussion Questions and Resources

Discussion Questions

  1. What are some of the issues surrounding prescribing medications for children and adolescents? How might this be improved?
  2. What are some of the factors that can affect relapse to an addictive drug?
  3. How might prescribing medications for depression be improved in the future to increase the likelihood that a drug would work and minimize side effects?

Outside Resources

Video: Neurotransmission

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FR4S1BqdFG4

Web: Description of how some drugs work and the brain areas involved – 1

http://www.drugabuse.gov/news-events/nida-notes/2007/10/impacts-drugs-neurotransmission

Web: Description of how some drugs work and the brain areas involved-2

http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/addiction/mouse/

Web: Information about how neurons communicate and the reward pathways

http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/addiction/rewardbehavior/

Web: National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism

http://www.niaaa.nih.gov/

Web: National Institute of Drug Abuse

http://www.drugabuse.gov/

Web: National Institute of Mental Health

http://www.nimh.nih.gov/index.shtml

Web: Report of the Working Group on Psychotropic Medications for Children and Adolescents: Psychopharmacological, Psychosocial, and Combined Interventions for Childhood Disorders: Evidence Base, Contextual Factors, and Future Directions (2008)

http://www.apa.org/pi/families/resources/child-medications.pdf

Web: Ways drugs can alter neurotransmission

https://thebrain.mcgill.ca/flash/i/i_03/i_03_m/i_03_m_par/i_03_m_par .html

 

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